Film Review: The Romance of Book and Sword (1987) by Ann Hui
Among the earliest Hong Kong films to be entirely shot in mainland China with a full mainland Chinese cast, “The Romance of the Book and Sword” and its companion “Princess Fragrance” are based on Louis Cha’s homonymous novel. Released later in the same month, both films feature all the elements that make these types of novels and their adaptations immensely popular in China.
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The rather labyrinthic story (even with omitting two of the book’s lengthiest subplots) is set in 18th-century China during the Manchu-led Qing dynasty. The Red Flower Society are a secret group of people who aim to overthrow the Qing government and restore Han Chinese rule in China. The organization is led by a number of heroes with Chen Jialuo as their leader. As the movie begins, one of the leaders, Yu Wanting, ambushes Emperor...
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The rather labyrinthic story (even with omitting two of the book’s lengthiest subplots) is set in 18th-century China during the Manchu-led Qing dynasty. The Red Flower Society are a secret group of people who aim to overthrow the Qing government and restore Han Chinese rule in China. The organization is led by a number of heroes with Chen Jialuo as their leader. As the movie begins, one of the leaders, Yu Wanting, ambushes Emperor...
- 8/28/2024
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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